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Directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Produced by Stephen Woolley
Written by Michael Thomas
With: John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen, Leslie Phillips, Britt Ekland, Daniel Massey, Roland Gift, Jean Alexander, Alex Norton, Ronald Fraser, Paul Brooke, Jeroen Krabbé, Keith Allen, and Ralph Brown
Cinematography: Mike Molloy
Editing: Angus Newton
Music: Carl Davis
Runtime: 106 min
Release Date: 03 March 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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#Scandal (’89) ★★★ Stylish direction and strong performances by John Hurt and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer elevate this middling British docudrama about how the "Profumo Affair" toppled the Tory government in 1963.